2curlygirls

2curlygirls has 10 years experience and specializes in NICU.

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1. Rupture of an unscarred uterus?

   2curlygirls replied to 2curlygirls's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Just to clarify...I am NICU, we got the baby. Yes, they did use Cytotec from what I read in the delivery summary. Thanks for all your replies!

2. Rupture of an unscarred uterus?

   2curlygirls posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   We had a uterine rupture this morning. Baby was severely compromised and mom ended up in ICU. Mom was a multip with a previous NSVD. It was a post-dates induction. I know uterine ruptures are pretty rare but can someone give me some insight here? ...

3. Infant Pain Management

   2curlygirls replied to 2muchHeart's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Any doc at our facility who tried a circ with SweetEase alone would find him/herself out on their ear! Nurses would flat out refuse to assist!!! We, as adults, would not have genital (or any other) tissue removed without some form of anesthetic. Wh...

4. EMLA Cream with Circs

   2curlygirls replied to rickdon19's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am apalled. If they're going to surgically remove healthy tissue, at least give them Lidocaine!!! How cruel!

5. possible to be ruptured and be closed?

   2curlygirls replied to JadeRN7's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I was! I ruptured in a spectacular fashion after a night of contraction every 5-7 minutes. After that, I went to the hospital and my contractions were 2 minutes apart! Got there and on exam I was "closed and firm". I had my daughter 16 hours and ...

6. Required to watch circumcision?

   2curlygirls replied to CrunchyMama's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I watched one in nursing school. Horrible. Any future sons I have will be circ'ed over my dead cold body. Why would you want to surgically reduce the size of your son's penis? BEcause it's cleaner??? Yeah, an open wound in a diaper full of poop is...

7. is nicu stressful?

   2curlygirls replied to sabby09's topic in NICU

   Yes. But I can't imagine doing anything else!

8. Circumcized on a vent?

   2curlygirls replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   I know in many states, including mine, Medicaid won't pay for it. I really don't know about private insurance companies.

9. Pregnant NICU nurse

   2curlygirls replied to wensday's topic in NICU

   Being a pregnant NICU nurse is hard! I remember feeling the same way! I had weird dreams that my daughter needed to be in the NICU and I figured it would only be natural that I would be her nurse. I also dreamed that I got to take her out for a few...

10. Circumcized on a vent?

    2curlygirls replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

11. Circumcized on a vent?

    2curlygirls replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

    I was thinking that maybe she thought that they were circ'ing the baby when they were actually putting in lines? It's the only thing I can think of that makes any sense.

12. Circumcized on a vent?

    2curlygirls posted a topic in NICU

    I'm afraid to open this can of worms but.... I was on another forum and they were discussing circ'ing unstable babies. One person said her friend's baby was circ'ed while he was on a vent! This seems crazy to me! Please tell me this is not happenin...

13. Is immediate, undisrupted breastfeeding needed for long term success?

    2curlygirls replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The answer to this question is *no* IME (personal and professional). So many of our NICU babies go home breastfeeding. MOst of them have had very interrupted breastfeeding experiences. I breastfed my first daughter for 11 months. She got one bottl...

14. Amicillin via UAC?

    2curlygirls replied to I'mANurse!'s topic in NICU

    In a pinch, yes. Ideally, no. I have to say, I've done it on quite a few occasions. My old unit (where I was trained) didn't seem to have much issue with doing it. But we also had really sick kids who tended to have all their other access ports o...

15. The Circumcision Discussion

    2curlygirls replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Malpractice??? That's a good one. I could say the same thing for those who fervently advocate for this unnecessary practice. I think you missed the fact that I just don't discuss it with our NICU parents. Most of them don't do it anyway so it's r...